Bush's Claims on Economy Inconsistent with Own Data
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Many of the Bush Administration's claims presenting a positive view of the economy are inconsistent with its own data, according to a report released this week by Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee this week.
Judith M. Harmon: The True Definition Of 'Cowboy Diplomacy'
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by Judith M. Harmon
Yesterday, my sixteen-year-old son was approached in an Olympia shopping center parking lot (Shades of "Fahrenheit 9/11") by two Marine Corp Recruiters. My son discussed my deceased Marine Corp brother's feats during and medals from Vietnam as he waited for his sister who was having her nails done in a shop owned by a Vietnamese family.
More Government Waste Cited in Bipartisan Report; Largely from No-Bid Contracts
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A new bipartisan report highlighting waste in Homeland Security contracts was released today by Reps. Tom Davis (R-VA) and Henry Waxman (D-CA), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Reform Committee. According to the study, noncompetitive contracts have grown over 700% in just three years, and the total value of the Department's wasteful contracts exceeds $34 billion.
June Roldan: Impeach the President
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by June Roldan
That we are to stand by the president, right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. -- Theodore Roosevelt
Blood for Oil: Record Big Oil Profits Say It All -- A BuzzFlash Editorial
A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL
We just had this random thought that we are sure others have pondered.
But isn't it odd that no one has seriously played off of the irony of the double meaning in "Neo-Cons," as in that they really are con artists?
Four U.N. Observers Die In Israeli Airstrike -- Verse-Case Scenario
Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for July 27, 2006
BARBARA'S DAILY BUZZFLASH MINUTE
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And in the end, after an unbearable amount of death and dying, destruction and devastation, they’ll all sit down at a table and negotiate an agreement. Each side will send out press releases claiming victory and applauding themselves, while it’s our children who died so needlessly!
Ruth Lopez: Bush Fails?
A BUZZFLASH READER CONTRIBUTION
The only problem with analyzing the Bush Administration's performance is that we keep measuring them by the yardstick of our values and beliefs, so we are confused when the results they get are so at odds to what we believe should be happening.
Dave Zirin: You're a Good Man Larry Brown
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by Dave Zirin
You're a good man, Larry Brown. You were born in Brooklyn damn near 66 years ago and in that time you've traveled more than LeBron in the playoffs. You played for the Akron Wingfoots of the old NABL. You toiled for ABA teams like the Oakland Oaks and New Orleans Bucs, in front of crowds that would fit comfortably in a Winnebago. The NBA didn't think 5'9" point guards were the way to go so you became the all-time ABA leader in assists. That's always been your way. If there is a brick wall with a door, you smash through the brick wall. That's how underdogs from Brooklyn get out: because they know the door is usually locked.
Greg Palast: Blood in Beirut: $75.05 a Barrel
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The failure to stop the bloodletting in the Middle East, Exxon's record second-quarter profits and Iran's nuclear cat-and-mouse game have something in common -- it's the oil.
